Quit smoking again.

MikenJulie · 12-14-2006

7 days with no smokes, doing pretty good, no cravings yet. Need to wash all my clothes in the garage, I can smell the cigarettes off them now. Gross. Some people we know are sick with cancer at a young age, one buddy I went to school with passed away a few years ago after a long battle with cancer. Some I know through work have had heart attacks rescently, kind of freaked me/us out, trying to use all of this as a catalyst to get my health in check for my kids.

Blood test at the hospital today, just getting a check-up like stevo137, hoping all goes well.

Wish me luck!

Stumblina · 12-14-2006

Yikes! 7 days without a smoke? That's fantastic! Keep up the good work!

I still smoke, but have gone from 2 packs a day to 1/2 pack a day. I know, I know . . . that's still smoking, but I'm trying to slowly break the habit. I don't smoke in my house - can't stand the smell. And now I have to wash my hands right away after I smoke because I can smell the smoke on my hands. I even wear a jacket over my clothes (which I refer to as my "smoking jacket") so my clothes don't get all smelly. Gee, I can't stand the smell, but yet I still smoke!!! That just goes to show ya how hard it is to stop smoking completely!

Rissask · 12-14-2006

Good for you Mike!

Are you using any cessation aids, or just plain ole willpower?

I have quit three times now in the past five years...and I keep starting again....one day I will quit for good, I want to and yet I don't want to.

I just keep running across articles like this that help me rationalize it.

MikenJulie · 12-14-2006

Stumblina, I'm the same way with the smell, no smoking in the house. The garage is easy enough to smoke in, there's exhaust fumes, oil, gas, all sorts of other stink to cover it up. If you're down to 1/2 a pack/day, you might want to try switching to a "lighter" cig, weaning yourself down to a point where stopping will be easier with less nicotine in your system.

Rissak, no aids in the quit, I just decided to. We went down to see my new born nephew on the weekend, I timed the quit with the trip since I'll be with family and have no opportunity to smoke. I've always been able to stop smoking, it's after missing it some time later, is where I break. Pretty much the opposite from everyone else that has the hardest time getting the first few days or weeks under the belt.
I would smoke for 3 months, quit for 3, smoke for 2, quit for 1, smoke for 6, quit for a year, it really pisses Julie off since she neever smoked and hates it when I start back up, she doesn't understand the craving to smoke.

The last year has been a struggle with the smoking, but so has everything else been. Very few days were spent relaxed, it's hard to quit a crutch when you need something to lean on. There's been a few threads here where other peeps are in the same boat, fighting the smoking thing, hopefully all of us will succeed, and we'll smell better!

Loree · 12-14-2006

YAY for you Mike.
I quit the first weekend of September (this year) so it has been 3 months for me.
I quit cold turkey and I am so happy I did.
The problem is my BF still smokes...........alot..............in the house and everywhere he feels like it.
He stinks so bad

Mercy · 12-14-2006

Good for you, keep it up!! I wish my husband would stop

BonnyW · 12-14-2006

Sorry to be a kill-joy...

Okay, I'm not...

I used to believe the hype about the low tar and nicotine cigarettes. Not anymore.

The research does back up this article...It is just that this article is so much easier to read.

Rissask · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Rissak, no aids in the quit, I just decided to. We went down to see my new born nephew on the weekend, I timed the quit with the trip since I'll be with family and have no opportunity to smoke. I've always been able to stop smoking, it's after missing it some time later, is where I break. Pretty much the opposite from everyone else that has the hardest time getting the first few days or weeks under the belt.
I would smoke for 3 months, quit for 3, smoke for 2, quit for 1, smoke for 6, quit for a year, it really pisses Julie off since she neever smoked and hates it when I start back up, she doesn't understand the craving to smoke.

I hear you, my husband doesn't smoke (tobacco anyway

) and he hates it as well.
The times I quit have been on Zyban...talk about needing a crutch.

I did find it super easy to stop smoking with it, but once you stop taking the drug, the cravings return.

Keep it up and best of luck!!

Nerak936 · 12-14-2006

Mike: I wish you the BEST of luck with your quit!!!! Seven days is an awesome start - just keep it going..... one day at a time, one hour at a time, and sometimes it's one minute at a time. Deep breaths and envisioning the healthy, cleeeeeean air you're breathing will help.

And since you're going through withdrawal, I won't give you any grief about that avatar!! Actually I think it's rather funny, in a weird way..... Did you ever hear the actual story behind it??

Loree · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rissask

I hear you, my husband doesn't smoke (tobacco anyway

) and he hates it as well.
The times I quit have been on Zyban...talk about needing a crutch.

I did find it super easy to stop smoking with it, but once you stop taking the drug, the cravings return.

Keep it up and best of luck!!

love the new avatar Rissask

Rissask · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loree

love the new avatar Rissask

Not too risque, or 'skanky', is it?

All I want for christmas is a dill doe...a dill doe....

MikenJulie · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonnyW

Sorry to be a kill-joy...

Okay, I'm not...

I used to believe the hype about the low tar and nicotine cigarettes. Not anymore.

The research does back up this article...It is just that this article is so much easier to read.

I agree Bonny, the lighter smokes aren't any healthier, but if you can wean yourself down to smoke the lighter cigs, and smoke them the same way as the heavier ones, much like the smoking machines, you will get less tar and nicotine.

Back in the early 90's I smoked the heaviest smokes I could, being young and immortal, even enjoyed filterless "lung stunners" as we called them. Fog back a 25 pack of those in a night of drinking, there's a ton of bricks on your chest in the morning!

By the late 90's I was smoking a "Ultra, crazy, insanity Light" smoke by Craven A. It was rated 1/10th the tar and nicotine of the previous smokes I enjoyed. It took a while, but eventually these King Sized softies gave me my mental security of smoking, they had full flavor I was used to, I got my fix. Others would bum a smoke off me, and even with monstrous drags, complain of zero taste, nada, none.

Going from a "full flavor" to a "medium or light" smoke isn't enough of a step, you need to jump to the super ultra lights, where even with huge drags the content of nicotine and tar will be reduced.

Rissask · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Back in the early 90's I smoked the heaviest smokes I could, being young and immortal, even enjoyed filterless "lung stunners" as we called them. Fog back a 25 pack of those in a night of drinking, there's a ton of bricks on your chest in the morning!

Back when my Dad was a smoker, he used to smoke those Export As in the green pack, the unfiltered ones

...talk about your coffin nails.

MikenJulie · 12-14-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerak936

...........And since you're going through withdrawal, I won't give you any grief about that avatar!! Actually I think it's rather funny, in a weird way..... Did you ever hear the actual story behind it??

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is no story behind it, I saw it on another forum (an ATV forum since I am a hick/redneck), and I laughed my arse off. I couldn't help it I HAD to have it, it matched my twisted sense of humor too well.

Funny thing is, the absolute first thing I thought of after I decided to use it....... "Man I hope Nerak won't be angry with me!!!"

Stumblina · 12-14-2006

I really do want to quit . . . but, like a lot of women, we're afraid of the weight gain! I think weaning is the best way for me. Besides, it's sooooooooo expensive! $5.00 a pack here in Michigan, about $45.00 a carton. I'd rather put that money aside for my next trip to Playa! Since it took me almost a year to wean down from 2 packs to 1/2 pack a day, totally quitting won't be my New Year's resolution, but quitting before I go to Playa will definitely be my goal!!!!

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MikenJulie life=playa Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 781	Quit smoking again. 7 days with no smokes, doing pretty good, no cravings yet. Need to wash all my clothes in the garage, I can smell the cigarettes off them now. Gross. Some people we know are sick with cancer at a young age, one buddy I went to school with passed away a few years ago after a long battle with cancer. Some I know through work have had heart attacks rescently, kind of freaked me/us out, trying to use all of this as a catalyst to get my health in check for my kids. Blood test at the hospital today, just getting a check-up like stevo137, hoping all goes well. Wish me luck!

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12-14-2006	#2 (permalink)
Stumblina lost on fifth Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Waterford, MI Posts: 22	Yikes! 7 days without a smoke? That's fantastic! Keep up the good work! I still smoke, but have gone from 2 packs a day to 1/2 pack a day. I know, I know . . . that's still smoking, but I'm trying to slowly break the habit. I don't smoke in my house - can't stand the smell. And now I have to wash my hands right away after I smoke because I can smell the smoke on my hands. I even wear a jacket over my clothes (which I refer to as my "smoking jacket") so my clothes don't get all smelly. Gee, I can't stand the smell, but yet I still smoke!!! That just goes to show ya how hard it is to stop smoking completely!

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Rissask Brit basher Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 19,652	Good for you Mike! Are you using any cessation aids, or just plain ole willpower? I have quit three times now in the past five years...and I keep starting again....one day I will quit for good, I want to and yet I don't want to. I just keep running across articles like this that help me rationalize it.

12-14-2006	#4 (permalink)
MikenJulie life=playa Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 781	Stumblina, I'm the same way with the smell, no smoking in the house. The garage is easy enough to smoke in, there's exhaust fumes, oil, gas, all sorts of other stink to cover it up. If you're down to 1/2 a pack/day, you might want to try switching to a "lighter" cig, weaning yourself down to a point where stopping will be easier with less nicotine in your system. Rissak, no aids in the quit, I just decided to. We went down to see my new born nephew on the weekend, I timed the quit with the trip since I'll be with family and have no opportunity to smoke. I've always been able to stop smoking, it's after missing it some time later, is where I break. Pretty much the opposite from everyone else that has the hardest time getting the first few days or weeks under the belt. I would smoke for 3 months, quit for 3, smoke for 2, quit for 1, smoke for 6, quit for a year, it really pisses Julie off since she neever smoked and hates it when I start back up, she doesn't understand the craving to smoke. The last year has been a struggle with the smoking, but so has everything else been. Very few days were spent relaxed, it's hard to quit a crutch when you need something to lean on. There's been a few threads here where other peeps are in the same boat, fighting the smoking thing, hopefully all of us will succeed, and we'll smell better!

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Loree añejo Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: north of Pittsburgh Posts: 9,477	YAY for you Mike. I quit the first weekend of September (this year) so it has been 3 months for me. I quit cold turkey and I am so happy I did. The problem is my BF still smokes...........alot..............in the house and everywhere he feels like it. He stinks so bad

12-14-2006	#6 (permalink)
Mercy añejo Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Physically Maryland/Mentally the Beach Posts: 1,645	Good for you, keep it up!! I wish my husband would stop

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BonnyW añejo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Left Coast...So Cal Posts: 8,897	Sorry to be a kill-joy... Okay, I'm not... I used to believe the hype about the low tar and nicotine cigarettes. Not anymore. The research does back up this article...It is just that this article is so much easier to read.

12-14-2006	#9 (permalink)
Nerak936 Cat-Lovin Nerak Bead Lady Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,639	Mike: I wish you the BEST of luck with your quit!!!! Seven days is an awesome start - just keep it going..... one day at a time, one hour at a time, and sometimes it's one minute at a time. Deep breaths and envisioning the healthy, cleeeeeean air you're breathing will help. And since you're going through withdrawal, I won't give you any grief about that avatar!! Actually I think it's rather funny, in a weird way..... Did you ever hear the actual story behind it??

12-14-2006	#15 (permalink)
Stumblina lost on fifth Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Waterford, MI Posts: 22	I really do want to quit . . . but, like a lot of women, we're afraid of the weight gain! I think weaning is the best way for me. Besides, it's sooooooooo expensive! $5.00 a pack here in Michigan, about $45.00 a carton. I'd rather put that money aside for my next trip to Playa! Since it took me almost a year to wean down from 2 packs to 1/2 pack a day, totally quitting won't be my New Year's resolution, but quitting before I go to Playa will definitely be my goal!!!!

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